Daily Archives: July 15, 2023

2023-07-15: News Headlines

John Perry (2023-07-15). The attempted coup in Nicaragua in 2018: Why support for it collapsed. mronline.org Of course, the accepted history of the coup attempt, as told by the U.S. government, international bodies such as the UN Human Rights Council and most of the media, is that nearly all the victims were protesters, mainly students, killed by police or by Sandinista "paramilitaries". The truth is far more complicated; people on the ground, especially those living in the places most affected, became increasingly aware of the opposition's intentions.

Teri Mattson, WtF is Going on in Latin America, the Caribbean. (2023-07-15). Sandinistas Speak: Nicaraguans Defend Their Revolution. popularresistance.org Friday, June 30, WTF returned to Managua, Nicaragua to do follow-up study of Caribbean Coast government funded infrastructure projects and to celebrate the 44th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19. While on assignment, each week we will share with you segments of the documentary Nicaragua Against Empire. The film journals our March 2021 Sanctions Kill / Friends of the ATC, Nicaragua delegation. | In this episode, you hear directly from working-class Nicaraguans who support their socialist government. You also hear their thoughts about U.S. sanctions and regime change. These are perspectives rarely…

guest author (2023-07-14). The inevitable de-dollarization (I). workers.org A Venezuelan international relations expert, Rodríguez Gelfenstein was previously Director of International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua, and an advisor on international politics for TELESUR. You can follow him on Twitter: @sergioro0701 In previous articles we have said that [U.S.] . . . |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-14). Poll: President Daniel Ortega's Government Sees 79% Approval. orinocotribune.com 78.9% of Nicaraguans approve of the government of President Daniel Ortega according to the findings of the most recent survey carried out by M&R Consultores. | 78.9% of those surveyed consider the government of President Daniel Ortega to be that of a democratic ruler, attached to the laws of the country. | "President Daniel Ortega seeks unity and reconciliation, among Nicaraguans, 78.2% of those surveyed consider that this is it, that no one is discriminated against for any reason," said Raúl Obregón, executive president of M&R Consultores. | 82.8% of respondents said that the government of President Ortega works…

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